was featured in The Fantasticks (1995). Hughes appeared on TV in such series as Naked City, The Secret Storm, Dark Shadows, Love Story, Blossom, and Homicide: Life on the Street. In 1973, he had a notable recurring role on All in the Family as a Roman Catholic priest, Father John Majeski, doing battle with Archie Bunker, and won an Emmy for his portrayal of a senile judge on Lou Grant. Hughes made three appearances in The Bob Newhart Show as the father of Dr. Robert Hartley. He was the central character in three sitcoms: Doc, in which he played a physician; Mr. Merlin, in which he played Merlin, a magician mentoring a 20th-century teenager; and The Cavanaughs, co-starring Christine Ebersole, in which he played the family patriarch (Art Carney played his brother, and Glynis Johns made guest appearances). Hughes sang "Danny Boy" in one episode of the latter series. He also made a memorable appearance as The King (with Jim Dale as The Duke) in the PBS mini-series Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Hughes also made recurring appearances on daytime dramas including Guiding Light and As the World Turns as well as a brief appearance as a private investigator in an early episode of Dark Shadows. He also did voice-overs for television commercials advertising Kix cereal. Death Hughes died of natural causes on July 11, 2006, five days before his 91st birthday. Selected filmography Stage productions "Osgood Meeker" in the Broadway production of Noël Coward's little-known play Waiting in the Wings, directed by Michael Langham (this was Barnard Hughes' last stage role) "Old Man" in the Broadway production of Prelude to a Kiss, directed by Norman René Polonius to Stacy Keach's Hamlet Marcellus in Richard Burton's 1964 Hamlet Dogberry in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Much Ado About Nothing Harry Hope in the 1985 Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh directed by José Quintero Uncle Vanya (directed by Mike Nichols) A Doll's House Hogan's Goat (Off-Broadway) Three Sisters The Devil's Disciple Translations "Lynn Belvedere" in the Tenthouse Theatre in the Round production of Gwen Davenport's "Belvedere" August 9–14, 1948. References External links Barnard Hughes and Helen Stenborg papers, 1880s-2011, held by Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. 1915 births 2006 deaths American people of Irish descent Male actors from New York City American male film actors American male stage actors American male television